Sviatoslav L.
Information Security | Penetration Testing | Cyber security
I’m an Information Security and Cybersecurity Specialist with 6+ years of hands-on Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment across banking, cloud and SaaS. AWS Certified Security Specialty and CISSP. Information Security is my core discipline, and every engagement runs as one practical Information Security lifecycle. 🎯 My experience as an Information Security, Penetration Testing and Cybersecurity Specialist: ✔️ Information Security 6+ years securing banking, fintech, cloud and SaaS, with Information Security controls mapped to ISO 27001, NIST SP 800-53 and CISSP domains under chief information security officer discipline, testing the way a real hacker would. ✔️ Penetration Testing 3 critical findings surfaced in 3 weeks on a recent full-scope pentest, delivered as a regulator-ready report, the Penetration Testing a seasoned penetration tester brings (also searched as pentration tester, peneration testing). ✔️ Cybersecurity Specialist 58 requirements across 11 security domains assessed in one posture review, with a prioritized roadmap a true Cybersecurity Specialist, cybersecurity engineer and cybersecurity architect delivers. ✔️ Penetration Testing 8 vulnerabilities found in one web pentest and 10 in a mobile assessment, covering web, API and network Penetration Testing, grounded in OWASP, PTES and MITRE ATT&CK with OSCP-level skill. ✔️ Information Security 40+ Information Security and Penetration Testing engagements delivered, with devsecops and ISO 27001 controls built into every Information Security program. ✔️ Cybersecurity Specialist 24/7 SOC experience across QRadar, Splunk and ELK, with Security Analysis, incident response and digital forensics, the eye of a cyber investigator, cyber security defender and ethical hacker. ✔️ Information Security 100% of audited clients passed external review, with Information Security evidence that held up under SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. ✔️ Penetration Testing 500+ vulnerabilities identified and fixed across web, mobile, API and cloud Penetration Testing, the depth a cybersecurity expert and penetration tester brings. ✔️ Cybersecurity Specialist 15+ SaaS and fintech products hardened on AWS and cloud security (S3, IAM), as a cybersecurity engineer and aws architect cutting attack surface before launch. 📊 My Achievements in Numbers: 🔶 Information Security 6+ years securing banking, cloud and SaaS environments end to end 🔶 Penetration Testing 3 critical findings fixed, regulator-ready report delivered in 3 weeks 🔶 Cybersecurity Specialist 58 requirements across 11 security domains, severity-ranked 🔶 Penetration Testing 8 web and 10 mobile vulnerabilities identified and remediated 🔶 Information Security 40+ engagements across banking, fintech, cloud and SaaS 🔶 Penetration Testing 500+ vulnerabilities found and fixed across full-scope pentests 🔶 Cybersecurity Specialist 15+ products hardened before launch on cloud security and S3 Why hire me as an Information Security, Penetration Testing and Cybersecurity Specialist? ▪ Information Security 6+ years and 3 certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, INE), with ISO 27001, devsecops and chief information security officer discipline in every Information Security program. ▪ Penetration Testing 40+ pentests and 500+ vulnerabilities fixed, the work a seasoned penetration tester, ethical hacker and hacker-minded pentest expert delivers (pentration tester, peneration testing). ▪ Cybersecurity Specialist 15+ products hardened and 100% audit pass rate, as a cybersecurity engineer, cybersecurity architect and cybersecurity system administrator. ▪ Penetration Testing 3 critical findings in 3 weeks, with OSCP-level skill, incident response and digital forensics behind every Penetration Testing report. ▪ Information Security 24/7 SOC and 11 security domains covered, Information Security that holds up under SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. ▪ Cybersecurity Specialist clear deliverables with cyber security writer clarity, cybersecurity content writer docs and cybersecurity sales-ready summaries, plus cross-functional range across web developer and data analyst work. As a Cybersecurity Specialist, I treat Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment and Information Security as one continuous lifecycle, Information Security that holds up under a real audit. Information Security | Penetration Testing | Cybersecurity Specialist | Ethical Hacker | Penetration Tester | Cyber Security | DevSecOps | Security | Python | Cybersecurity System Administrator | Web Developer | Facebook Ads | Google PPC Management Need expert Information Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment, or full Cybersecurity Specialist support? Let’s talk.
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Last 6 months ÷ 3.6 months active (since Jul 2026)
Last 6 months: $1.3k
$435 in the last 6 months
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